Officers and Members Of The Salt Creek Civil War Round Table Charter Year 1962-1963 Officers Harvey L. Long, * Chairman Mitchell Kostro, * Treasurer Elmhurst, IL Elmhurst, IL N. P. Luginbill, Vice Chairman Mrs. Howard E. Steele, * FOUNDER & Glen Ellyn, IL Secretary, Glen Ellyn, IL The Executive Committee Arthur E. House Dr. Royal K. Schmidt * Glen Ellyn, IL Elmhurst, IL Edwin E. Pile Thomas R. Wiley Elmhurst, IL Bensenville, IL Charter Members Alan C. Aimone Lloyd Hamm John Meitzke Charleston, IL Lombard, IL Lombard, IL Dr. and Mrs. Richard K. Mrs. Fred D. Hancock Allen Rogers Albers, Lombard, IL Glen Ellyn, IL Bensenville, IL H. A. Berens Ralph Hwastecki Mr. & Mrs. Orville H. Ross Elmhurst, IL Lombard, IL Wheaton, IL Mr. and Mrs. Anton J. William C. Jerome J. E. Sheehan Bjorklund, Elmhurst, IL Elmhurst, IL Elmhurst, IL George W. Carlton Corky Kellan Leroy Short Glen Ellyn, IL Lombard, IL Elmhurst, IL Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Evers Carl Kilian William K. Stock Elmhurst, IL Lombard, IL Lombard, IL Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Jeff Kincaid Randy Swanson Francis, Itasca, IL Lombard, IL Lombard, IL E. Finch & Grif Dr. P. J. Meginnis Richard H. Tillotson Glen Ellyn, IL Roselle, IL Elmhurst, IL William C. Griffin Mrs. Dorothy Murgatroyd * Spouse is also counted as Wheaton, IL Western Springs, IL a member. 1 Marilyn Steele, a young wife and mother of two children founded the Salt Creek Civil War Round Table in 1962. Harvey L. Long, a member of the Chicago Civil War Round Table, became the first Chairman, or President. The round table was named after the Salt Creek, which runs through many of the communities where its members reside. Presidents of the Salt Creek Civil War Round Table 1962 - 1963 Harvey Long 1963 - 1964 Dr. Royal Schmidt (d.1983) 1964 - 1965 Edwin Pile (d.1986) 1965 - 1966 N. P. Luginbill (d. December, 30, 2011) 1966 - 1967 George Carlton 1967 - 1969 Donald Sikorski 1969 - 1970 Don Nixon (d. May 1984) 1970 - 1972 Roger Wilhelm (d. March 2006) 1972 - 1973 Ralph Baumheckel 1973 - 1974 Jay Perkins 1974 - 1976 Gale Pewitt Sept. ‘76 - ‘77 No Permanent President 1977 - 1979 William Thomas (d. August 24, 2006) 1979 - 1981 Roger Carlson (d.1994) 1981 - 1983 Paul Neeson 1983 - 1985 Herman DeBoer (d. May 13, 2000) 1985 - 1987 Kurt Carlson 1987 - 1989 Douglas H. Smith 1989 - 1991 Daniel McCarthy 1991 - 1992 John Lapinski 1993 Jim Soens (d. Dec. 23, 2008) 1994 – 1995 Roger E. Bohn 1996 Kim Foster 1997 Cindy Intravartolo 1998 Don Sender 1999 – 2000 Janet Linhart 2001 – 2002 Brian Ruxton 2003 Tony Cichantk 2004 – 2007 Rick Zarr 2008 – 2012 Jan Rasmussen 2013 Art Foley 2014 Cindy Intravartolo 2015 - 2016 Kurt Carlson 2017 - 2019 Cindy Heckler Until the end of John Lapinski’s term, presidents served from September to September. After John, in 1993, the term became the calendar year. (Joyce Clark, long-time member and former Newsletter Editor contributed this information). March 29, 1962: Fifty-five people attended the first meeting of the round table in Elmhurst’s new YMCA. They came from Elmhurst (19), Elmhurst College (11), Glen Ellyn (7), Wheaton (4), Maywood (3), Geneva (3), Hinsdale (2) West Chicago (2) and 1 each from Bensenville, Downer’s Grove, Lombard and Villa Park. Twenty-seven people remained for the executive session after the program. Four Chicago Civil War Round Table members were welcomed to the initial Salt Creek meeting. The last Friday of the 2 month was set up as the meeting date. Initially, there were no dues – only donations for expenses. The treasurer reported contributions of $20 by 16 members at the first business session. Bills were paid for the rent of the meeting room and printing, amounting to $17, leaving a balance of $3. November 1962: By November a bank account was established and dues were set at $5 per individual, $1 per student. Dues remained at $5 for over twenty years when in January 1983 it was decided to increase to $6 per individual, $1 per student. Dues increased to $10 in 1988 and $15 in 1992. Dues increased to $25 in 2000 to cover the cost of the room fee at the College of DuPage. Another increase took place in January 2004 to $30; however, those members who take the newsletter by email remained at $25. In 2015 another increase took place to cover the increased cost of postage and envelopes for those receiving the newsletter by mail to $35. October 1964: Mrs. Howard E. Steele, FOUNDER and 1st secretary, becomes the first newsletter editor. Newsletter Editors Jan. 1965 – Oct. 1965 George Carlton Oct. 1965 – April 1967 Harvey L. Long Oct. 1967 – May 1969 Roger Wilhelm Oct. 1969 – Sept. 1980 Don Sikorski Oct. 1980 – Oct. 1988 Glenn & Joyce Clark Nov. 1988 – Sept. 1991 Ralph Harmon, Adrienne Harmon Hanrahan Oct. 1991 – Dec. 2003 Robert I. Girardi Jan. 2004 – June 2009 Daniel McCarthy Sept. 2009 – Present Jennifer Warner October 22, 1965: The First Annual Dinner Banquet was held at the Student Center at Elmhurst College. Alice Hamilton Cromie, author of “A Tour Guide to the Civil War”, was the speaker. Dinner cost $2.75. Annual Dinner Banquets October 28, 1966 Dr. Glenn Williams, Dean of Student Academic Elmhurst College at Student Services at Eastern Ill. University, “Gray Wednesday – Center. $3 Blue Friday: The Battle of Gettysburg”. October 1967 Warren A. Reader, past president of Chicago CWRT, Elmhurst College $3.50 “The Twenty-Seventh Indiana Regiment”. September 1968 Lloyd D. Miller, past president of Chicago CWRT, “The Glen Ellyn Holiday Inn. $5 Second Day at Gettysburg”. October 17, 1969 Clyde C. Walton, current president of Chicago CWRT Petersen’s Stone Cottage and Director of the Library Dept. at Northern Ill. (Elmhurst). $5 University, “Illinois and the Civil War”. October 30, 1970 Lloyd D. Miller, “The Battle of Franklin”. Petersen’s Stone Cottage October 29, 1971 Earl Kubicek, PhD, “Lincoln and the Fair Sex”. Holiday Inn (Oak Brook) $6 October 20, 1972 Richard Blake, “A Look at Lincoln,” first person Holiday Inn (Oak Brook) $6 presentation of Lincoln. October 18, 1974 Jerry Warshaw, “The General”, film on the great Glen Oaks Country Club locomotive chase. (Glen Ellyn) $9 3 November 19, 1976 $9 Alice Hamilton Cromie, author of “A Tour Guide of the Arley’s Restaurant (Lombard) Civil War” and “Guide Book of the Old West”. November 18, 1977 Rev. Alfred L. Perkins, Jr., “Lincoln in Indiana”. Arley’s Restaurant $9 November 17, 1978 Merlin E. Sumner, “The Spirit of U.S. Grant”. Arley’s Restaurant $10 November 16, 1979 Mrs. Pat Newman, wife of Ralph Newman, “The Branding Iron Restaurant General’s Lady” (Julia Dent Grant) ( Downers Grove) $10 November , 1980 Joseph Eisendrath, past president Chicago CWRT, Morris Bryant Smorgasbord “Myths about Lincoln”. (Burr Ridge /Hinsdale) $10 November , 1981 $11 Paul Beaver, History instructor at Lincoln College, Morris Bryant Smorgasbord “The Women in Lincoln’s Life”. November 19, 1982 Rev. Eugene Winkler, Religion in the Civil War, “From Seafari Restaurant $14 Harriet Beecher Stowe to General Polk”. November 4, 1983 Dan Lapinski, past president of Chicago CWRT, “The Richard’s Lilac Lodge Mystery of the John Wilkes Booth Mummy”. $12.50 November 2, 1984 William J. Sullivan, Vice President of Chicago CWRT, Richard’s Lilac Lodge “Capt. James Waddell and the Voyage of the $12.50 Shenandoah”. November 1, 1985 $12.50 Charles J. Shields, “Mr. Lincoln Goes to Gettysburg: Richard’s Lilac Lodge The Mission and the Masterpiece”. November 7, 1986 Carl G. Rumps, “The Medical Service of the Union White Fence Farm (Lemont) Army, as seen by Dr. Daniel Meeker, Lt. Col., Reg $12.50-15 Surgeon”. September 18, 1987 25th Anniversary! Edwin C. Bearss, Chief Historian of The Cypress (Hinsdale) $16 the National Park Service, Washington, DC, “JEB Stuart vs. Nathan Bedford Forrest”. October 7, 1988 Marshall D. Krolick, “Captain to Brigadier: The The Cypress $16.50 Promotion of Custer, Merritt, and Farnsworth”. November 3, 1989 Kurt Carlson, past president of Salt Creek, “Major The Cypress $12.50-19.75 General Patrick R. Cleburne, CSA”. November 3, 1990 Max & Donna Daniels (the Lincoln’s), “An Evening with Hotel President (Lockport) $9 Mr. And Mrs. Lincoln”. November 2, 1991 Arthur Budlong, “Diary of South Carolina Secession”. White Fence Farm $12.50 September 26, 1992 Peter Cozzens, author, “The Real Rock of Cantigny Golf Course $20 Chickamauga: The 21st Ohio at Horseshoe Ridge”. September 18, 1993 Bill Sullivan, past president of Chicago CWRT, Cantigny Golf Course $20 “William Clarke Quantrill – A Story in Scarlet”. September 23, 1994 Marshall D. Krolick, “The Cavalry in the Allgauer’s in Lisle-Hilton $25 Chancellorsville Campaign”. September 1, 1995 Dr. Mary M. Abroe, PhD, past president of Chicago Allgauer’s in Lisle-Hilton $25 CWRT, “Antietam, An Overview”. September 5, 1996 Dr. Gordon Dammann, National Museum of Civil War Hilton-Lisle/Naperville $25 Medicine, “If a Collection Could Talk”. September 5, 1997 Bruce Allardice, author of More Generals in Gray, Hilton-Lisle/Naperville $25 “Civil War Generals: Poltroons, Patriots, & Politicians”. September 4, 1998 Lance Herdegen, Director of the Institute for Civil War Café 59 (Naperville) $15 Studies at Carroll College, author of The Men Stood Like Iron: How the Iron Brigade Won Its Name, “Hail to the Chief, Little Mac and Old Abe”. September 3, 1999 Gerald J. Prokopowicz, Lincoln scholar/Director of Café 59 (Naperville) $15 Public Programs at the Lincoln Museum, “Abraham Lincoln’s Good War”. 4 October 6, 2000 Ted Karaminski, author of Rally ‘Round the Flag Boys, Café 59 (Naperville) $17 “Chicago and the Civil War”. October 5, 2001 Charles Larimer, ed. Love and Valor, “Small Town Hilton-Lisle/Naperville $25 Stories of the Civil War on the Home Front and in the Field”.